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Boskalis Forte in SpaceX recovery operation off Christmas Island
THE BOSKALIS semi-submersible heavy transport Forte, which arrived at Christmas Island on Sunday night, is among the vessels playing a role in the unusual recovery operation of a...
Poor planning behind tug grounding: ATSB
THE GROUNDING of a Port Adelaide tug that saw the vessel holed and water enter the engine room can be attributed to insufficient planning and preparation and inadequate risk...
Höegh’s Q2 profits hit the skids
HÖEGH Autoliners has described its second quarter results as “solid”, despite recording sharp falls in year-on-year EBITDA and profit. Second quarter 2026 gross revenue was USD...
ABF puts brakes on counterfeit vehicle import permits
MORE than 900 vehicle import entries have been flagged after Australian Border Force (ABF) investigators uncovered the use of counterfeit approvals to bring vehicles into...
Polaris does its level best in Burnie
POLARIS Marine’s tug Molly Grace, fitted with a sweep bar, has successfully completed TasPorts’ seabed levelling maintenance program at Burnie. The 13-day program was completed...
Wallenius Wilhelmsen ‘sold out’, Höegh ‘fully utilised’
LEADING Scandinavian PCTC/ro-ro operators Wallenius Wilhelmsen and Höegh Autoliners are basking in unprecedented vehicle trade demand, according to their latest financial...
Klaveness debuts latest CABU III
NORWAY’s Klaveness Combination Carriers has taken delivery of the third of its evolved CABU carriers designed for the Australian trade in caustic soda and dry bulks. Baltazar was...
Call for common pilotage rules
TORRES Pilots director Perry Sutton has moved to clarify a position he put during an industry meeting with the AMSA board and senior executives in Brisbane this week. While it has...
Hobart wharf wreckers begin work
THE NEXT step in the creation of a new Hobart base for the Australian Antarctic Division’s research/icebreaker Nuyina is about to be taken with the demolition of the port’s...
bound4blue raises Pacific sail
SPANISH wind propulsion company bound4blue has installed a 22-metre eSAIL on a multi-purpose vessel which has now begun inter-island service in French Polynesia. The installation...
Poseidon marks Melbourne milestone
THE MOST-RECENT entrant in the ultra-competitive Victorian pilotage market has reached a milestone. Poseidon Sea Pilots, part of the AMS Group, launched in Melbourne in 2022 with...
All aboard for China Zorrilla
INCAT HAS SUCCESSFULLY completed one of the most complex maritime operations ever undertaken in Tasmania, with Hull 096 now loaded aboard the heavylift vessel Black Marlin ahead...
ABL acquires Engage Marine Group
JAKARTA’s PT Asian Bulk Logistics has completed the acquisition of a majority shareholding in the Engage Marine Group, first foreshadowed by DCN on 27 March. The investment by ABL...
Incat reels in Marlin
BLACK Marlin, the Boskalis-owned semi-submersible float on-float-off that’s moved some of the world’s largest loads by sea, has arrived in Melbourne enroute to Hobart to load the...
Fugro to see the Sunrise
DUTCH Geo-data specialist Fugro has won a contract to undertake a survey for the Greater Sunrise and Bayu Undan pipeline project in Timor-Leste. The survey program will support...
